business challenge, dell hasthetechnologyandservices to help you solve it. >> >> pelley: we're always waiting for an october surprise. this year steve hartman found it not on the campaign trail but in the pumpkin patch, "on the road." >> i mean, it's history. >> reporter: history. >> pelley:>> it's actually hist. >> reporter: for david frerichs and pumpkin growers across the globe, this is the year they've been waiting for. the year they would hopefully get to see a pumpkin that makes these look like pomegranate seeds. that dwarfs even the 1500 pound giants you see at contests. a pumpkin so massive most growers thought the poundage was impossible. >> it would basically implode, that the shell of the pumpkin, the ribs inside, wouldn't be strong enough to hold that weight. >> reporter: like aerospace and its sound barrier. sports and its four-minute mile. the holy grail for giant pumpkin people has always been the one ton pumpkin. for decades growers have been pursuing this in vain. >> 1,507 pounds! >> reporter: a few months ago, rumors started circulating there were some giants growing